Rafa Benitez rocked by Ryan Babel Twitter attack
Published 23:00 15/01/10 By David Anderson
Rafa Benitez was last night rocked by a dressing-room revolt after Ryan Babel launched a Twitter attack.
Beleaguered Benitez was accused of failing to support his striker, who expected to play at Stoke today in the absence of injured Fernando Torres, Steven Gerrard and Yossi Benayoun, but has instead been dropped from the squad.
The Holland winger, 23, who has been the subject of an £9million bid from Birmingham, tweeted: "Disappointing news. The boss left me out the squad. No explanation.
"What happened after a first good season? Scoring 10 goals, being young talent of the year, and then second and this season don't play at all?
"Never had a fight with the manager... I always kept quiet.
"Where did it go wrong? You have people who support me and don't support me. And one day, you will see what I'm capable of at LFC or somewhere else. I have faith.
"I'm not scared to share this with you guys. It's the truth.. And there r no secrets."
Babel's outburst could land him in trouble with Benitez and the former Ajax star has moaned this season about not playing and wanting to return to Dutch club.
Benitez claims it is hard to manage in the modern media age of TV, radio, newspapers and the internet.
"When you have problems everyone has a different reaction," he said. "It is more than just football - agents, money, TV, radios and internet everyone needs to talk. Everyone has a Twitter account. It is impossible to stop people talking."
Sunderland striker Darren Bent was fined £80,000 by Spurs in the summer when he tweeted his frustration when his move to the north east was being delayed.
He told Spurs chairman Daniel Levy to "stop f******* around" and added: "It's so frustrating. "Seriously getting p***** off now."
